James O'Neill Condon (May 19, 1958 – August 23, 2018) was an American politician in the state of
Vermont. He served in the
Vermont House of Representatives
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as a
Democrat
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from the Chittenden-9-1 district from 2004 to 2018.
He was born in
Connecticut and attended the University of Connecticut, Storrs, attaining a
Bachelor of Arts in 1981. Condon came to Vermont in 1980 to work in the radio industry as a news director. He also had a radio show on
WKDR
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along with Louie Manno, the ''Manno and Condon Show''. He also served as executive director of the Vermont Association of Broadcasters and as president of the Vermont Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Condon was first elected to the
Vermont General Assembly in 2004, and served until his death from
esophageal cancer
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in 2018, shortly after announcing his decision to not run for re-election. He was married to Ginny McGehee with one son, and resided in Colchester, Vermont.
References
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1958 births
2018 deaths
Politicians from New London, Connecticut
People from Colchester, Vermont
University of Connecticut alumni
21st-century American legislators
Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Deaths from esophageal cancer in the United States
Deaths from cancer in Vermont